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- ↑ "Project Hope" . Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ↑ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
